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This blog is now closedPort Arthur survivor criticises Peter Dutton’s comparison of pro-Palestine protest to massacreGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe opposition leader, Peter Dutton, has defended his comments comparing a pro-Palestinian protest at the Sydney Opera House to the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, AAP reports.Speaking on the Today show, Dutton stood by his remark and said...

PA Burns Reserve in Altona the latest site to have ‘small amounts of asbestos’ discovered, environment watchdog saysGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastVictoria’s environment watchdog has confirmed traces of asbestos at six parks and reserves across Melbourne, as it probes the sources of the contamination.In a statement on Tuesday evening, the Environment Protection Authority confirmed small amounts...

Historian supports preserving some of the interwar period roads, but Yimby activist criticises Boroondara council planFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA Melbourne council has developed a plan to restore several concrete roads it deems to be of “heritage significance”, despite admitting it costs up to three times as much...

Second discovery of asbestos at Hosken Reserve, in Melbourne’s north, after similar material found in SpotswoodFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastVictoria’s environment watchdog says it suspects an illegal dumping of construction waste was behind the discovery of asbestos in mulch in Melbourne’s west this week.The material was found in...

Some Labor figures are worried about their grip on Wills if Ratnam secures preselection Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Victorian Greens leader, Samantha Ratnam, has put her hand up to run in the federal seat of Wills, in a move that has some Labor figures worried about the...

Victoria police say four men were charged with nearly 100 fraud and deception offencesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastMembers of a Melbourne organised crime syndicate have been charged over alleged complex frauds totalling almost $4m, including sending phones to Russia.Financial crime detectives from Victoria police arrested four men on...

Worksafe also charged World Travel Expeditions after Lachlan Cook, 16, died in hospital following health complicationsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA travel company and a Melbourne private school have been charged over the death of a student who became unwell on a school trip.The Kilvington grammar school student, Lachlan...

Yoorook Justice commissioners disappointed ‘crucial’ recommendation to immediately raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14 without exceptions was rebuffedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastVictoria’s First Peoples’ Assembly and the head of the state’s Indigenous truth-telling commission have criticised the Allan Labor government for seeking more time to consider...

Pilot scheme supplies 1,000 folding boxes to farms and wholesalers to reduce single-use cardboard, paper and plasticSign up for the Rural Network email newsletterJoin the Rural Network group on Facebook to be part of the communityA pilot scheme to replace cardboard produce boxes with reusable plastic crates has been launched in Victoria, with the aim to cut “invisible” cardboard waste.The Victoria Unboxed project, led...

Victoria police say victim of Glenroy shooting was known to them and had a criminal recordGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPolice are treating the fatal shooting of a man at a strip of shops in Melbourne’s north as a targeted attack.The man was shot dead in a car park outside shops on Justin Avenue at Glenroy just...

Director of public prosecutions launches appeal against sentences handed down to Thomas Sewell and Jacob HersantGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastProsecutors are pushing for more jail time for two neo-Nazi leaders who attacked a group of hikers in a national park, arguing their original sentences were manifestly inadequate.Thomas Sewell, 31, and Jacob Hersant, 25, were sentenced in...

The man has pleaded not guilty to ‘exit trafficking’ after taking his wife to Sudan in 2014Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastWhile on a trip back to Sudan, a mother left her children with her husband to go and cook for them. But when she returned from her parents’...

Those who attended the Esoteric festival in Donald on 8-12 March warned about Shigella bacteriaGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastVictoria’s health department says at least 260 festival goers have reported gastroenteritis symptoms after attending a dance music festival, with authorities urging anyone showing signs of shigellosis to be tested.Those who attended the Esoteric festival in Donald on...

Women’s health clinic boss claims ‘witch hunt’ after Dr Rudolph Lopes suspended in weeks following 30-year-old’s deathGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA doctor working at a women’s health clinic in Melbourne has been suspended as a regulator revealed it was aware of concerns about other practitioners there. The facility’s boss claims it is a “witch hunt”.It follows...

This blog is now closed.Aged care workers to get 23% average pay boost as union heralds move as ‘one of the best outcomes’ ever achievedAustralia reinstates funding to UNRWA to provide aid in GazaGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast‘Important [that] age care providers … are not profiteering’, Health Services Union president saysSpeaking to ABC News Breakfast, Gerard...

Study of global heating finds snowfall in Victoria and New South Wales could decline much faster than in other alpine areas around the world Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastGlobal heating will cause snow cover in the Australian Alps to decline by 78% by the end of the century...

Cinema Nova spokesperson says group of four men and one woman were ‘vocalising hate speech to create a scene inside the auditorium’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPolice are investigating reports that a group of patrons performed Nazi salutes and made racist comments during a screening of an Oscar-winning Holocaust film at a Melbourne cinema on Saturday night.The...

Extreme heat forecast to continue across Victoria, Tasmania, SA and NSW for several days, as record temperatures cause cancellation of long weekend eventsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastHobart residents sweated through the city’s hottest night in 112 years as a severe heatwave continues to affect large parts of south-east...

Victoria police say death is suspicious and alleged offender ‘may have fled overseas’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPolice are investigating the death of a woman whose body was reportedly found in a wheelie bin in Victoria’s south-west.Her body was discovered on Mount Pollock Road in the town of Buckley,...

Government says regulator is looking into the disruption which prevented more than 100 calls being transferred to emergency servicesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastTelstra has apologised for a technical issue that meant Australians were not able to speak to trained triple zero call takers for more than an hour.The telecommunications giant issued the apology to people who...

Sako avoids life sentence for stabbing former colleague to death at her Melbourne home after stalking and harassing her Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe mother of Melbourne woman Celeste Manno, who was stalked and viciously stabbed to death while sleeping in her bed, has vowed to fight to...

Federal court hears appeal after finding Mostafa ‘Moz’ Azimitabar’s Melbourne detention ‘lacked ordinary human decency’ but did not breach lawGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe commonwealth’s detainment of a Kurdish refugee in hotels that “deprived” him of his liberty was unlawful, a lawyer for the former detainee has argued in an appeal against a federal court decision.Kurdish...

Temperatures tipped to climb above 40C in parts of the state on Wednesday with extreme fire conditions forecast in six weather districtsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastOfficials are rushing to set up a long-term base camp for hundreds of firefighters with more than half of Victoria on high alert...

Firefighters continue to battle blazes as they brace for temperatures to exceed 40C in western parts of the state this weekFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastSix homes have been destroyed by bushfires in Victoria, as authorities issue a warning of “grave concern” for fire danger in the state on...